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19th Century

Gas lamps flicker over cobblestone streets as characters navigate a world of strict social codes, forbidden passions, and transformative industrial change. Whether in London's grimy workhouses, Russian gambling dens, or the drawing rooms of English country estates, these masterful works capture humanity at its most raw and refined during an era of unprecedented upheaval.

19th Century Book Summaries

The World as Will and Representation, Volume I Summary
The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1818 534 pages
4.21
10k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
Notes from Underground Summary
Notes from Underground
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864 136 pages
4.18
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
Russia
Russian Literature
The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky Summary
The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1877 320 pages
4.24
4k+ ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Russia
Wuthering Heights Summary
Wuthering Heights
by Emily Brontë 1847 464 pages
3.90
1.9M+ ratings
Gothic
Historical Fiction
Literature
Oliver Twist Summary
Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens 1838 608 pages
3.88
400k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Notes from Underground Summary
Notes from Underground
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864 136 pages
4.18
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
Russia
Russian Literature
Tess of the D’Urbervilles Summary
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
by Thomas Hardy 1891 518 pages
3.84
200k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
Emma Summary
Emma
by Jane Austen 1815 474 pages
4.05
900k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Literature
Historical
Jude the Obscure Summary
Jude the Obscure
by Thomas Hardy 1895 310 pages
3.83
73k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
19th Century
Madame Bovary Summary
Madame Bovary
by Gustave Flaubert 1856 329 pages
3.70
300k+ ratings
Classics
France
Literature
On the Suffering of the World Summary
On the Suffering of the World
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1850 132 pages
3.87
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
Persuasion Summary
Persuasion
by Jane Austen 1817 249 pages
4.15
700k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Historical
David Copperfield Summary
David Copperfield
by Charles Dickens 1850 882 pages
4.04
200k+ ratings
Literature
Historical Fiction
19th Century
Twilight of the Idols Summary
Twilight of the Idols
by Friedrich Nietzsche 1889 128 pages
3.95
13k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
The Gambler Summary
The Gambler
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1866 188 pages
3.91
100k+ ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
The World as Will and Representation, Volume II Summary
The World as Will and Representation, Volume II
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1818 720 pages
4.25
5k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
Essays and Aphorisms Summary
Essays and Aphorisms
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1851 240 pages
4.17
8k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Classics
Agnes Grey Summary
Agnes Grey
by Anne Brontë 1847 226 pages
3.71
76k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
19th Century
Oblomov Summary
Oblomov
by Ivan Goncharov 1859 586 pages
4.13
40k+ ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
Leaves of Grass Summary
Leaves of Grass
by Walt Whitman 1855 624 pages
4.12
100k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Literature
The Philosophy of History Summary
The Philosophy of History
by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 1831 480 pages
3.82
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Classics
North and South Summary
North and South
by Elizabeth Gaskell 1855 521 pages
4.15
100k+ ratings
Romance
Historical Fiction
Classics
The Wild Duck Summary
The Wild Duck
by Henrik Ibsen 1884 128 pages
3.80
10k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Theatre
Poor Folk Summary
Poor Folk
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1846 167 pages
3.78
34k+ ratings
Russian Literature
Russia
Novels
Villette Summary
Villette
by Charlotte Brontë 1853 573 pages
3.78
76k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
19th Century
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Summary
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
by Anne Brontë 1848 576 pages
4.02
100k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
19th Century
The Return of the Native Summary
The Return of the Native
by Thomas Hardy 1878 426 pages
3.88
39k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
19th Century
Cranford Summary
Cranford
by Elizabeth Gaskell 1853 257 pages
3.84
45k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
19th Century
Bel-Ami Summary
Bel-Ami
by Guy de Maupassant 1885 416 pages
3.86
45k+ ratings
France
French Literature
Classics
Père Goriot Summary
Père Goriot
by Honoré de Balzac 1835 384 pages
3.85
63k+ ratings
Classics
France
French Literature
Attack and Die Summary
Attack and Die
Civil War Military Tactics and the Southern Heritage
by Grady McWhiney 1982 232 pages
3.58
100+ ratings
Civil War
History
American Civil War
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